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The Fourth Law of Thermodynamics

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Thermodynamic Theory of Structure, Stability and Fluctuations.

By P. Glansdorff and I. Prigogine. Pp. xxiii + 306. (Wiley: New York and London, June 1971.) £5.50.

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LANDSBERG, P. The Fourth Law of Thermodynamics. Nature 238, 229–231 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/238229a0

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